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to eater ft are bow oblfaeed to
take a civil service exaaUaatloa aad.
therefore, there Is aa oppertaaity for
atasteats leavias college to obtala per
Uaeat places at a atoderatelj payiag
salary at the outset of their careers as
real wlaaers"lB"aeed, as"fif as pe
caalarjr a resaaaeratioa i conceraed.
they woaM he better, off tbaa if they
started as lawyers, doctors or minis
ters, who fraqaeally fcaveca hard strag
gle to support themselves before they
are well established, and sometimes
have to rely on relations or friends to
help them out of financial difficulties.
The department of state seems to
have recognized this' to a certain ex
tent, for it has sent to some xf the
signer eaucauonai insuiuuons a circw
lar saying that it is anxious to obtain
the services of recent graduates, from
'college, and it asks for encouragement
and assistance in this laudable en
deavor to improve the diplomatic
corps. It can offer at the beginning
aa annual, salary of about 1,800. This
is not a princely recompense, but
zaaay respectable and intelligent men
are supporting families on $600 a year
less, and are glad to get that amount
evea ia these times of so-called na
tional prosperity. We are told that
the professions are over-crowded, but
the consular service is not likely to
be so for some time to come, now that
appointments and promotions in It are
not dependent on political favor and
influence. To be sure, remarks the
Boston Badget. it is not inviting to the
maa who wants to marry and settle
down la one place for his life, but oa
the other hand, it offers a chance to
ambitions youth to enlarge their minds
by becoming acquaiated with foreign
parts of the world, for the adage says
that the home-keeping young have
ever homely wits.
When a man deserts from the United
States army the stigma "sticks. And
so it should. A soldier who some time
ago took "French' leave" now wants
to reenlist in the army and redeem
himself. But he i& down on the offi
cial records as a deserter, and while
that inscription stands he cannot be
accepted as a recruit He has applied
to the war department to have the
record expunged, but the request has
been denied, it being. the irrevocable
decision of the department to.make no
change ia 'the, records when 'they are
in accord with the proved facts. So
the man 'Will go through' life branded
as a deserter and debarred' from the
military service of his country, even
though he desires Uo make -good for
past misconduct, i' He 'should have
thought of all that, v, says the Troy
Times, before he ran away.
Of all the enterprising 'things done
In Chicago none surpasses the recent
act of a widower with four young
children to look after. He needed a
wife and they needed a mother, so the
man wooed the unmarried women of
his neighborhood, but found none will
ing to assume so many domestic cares
at once. Therefore he placed a -placard
in his window one day, bearing the in
scription, "A widower, living within,
wants a wife. Ladies, if .you want a
husband, inquire within at once," and
remained at home to meet his callers.
The interesting part of the story is
that the callers came, and the man is
likely to find what his children need,
if indeed he has not already found a
new wife.
Here is a variant on the did-not-know-it-was-Ioaded
item, but having
the same old -tragic ending. This time
it was a woman in Richmond, Va
who playfully .pointed a pistol and
asked her sister for another help of
salad at the table at which both were
seated. Then the supposed-to-be harm
leas weapon was discharged and the
missile it contained inflicted what Is
likely to be fatal Injury on the sister.
The one safe way to handle any pistol
is not to point it at a person. The
young Richmond woman who caused
the trouble will have the rest of hei
life to' reflect upon that truth.
When an intelligent man cannot an
swer an honest question in a court of
law without "incriminating" himself,
his confession to that effect may keep
him out of jail for contempt, but it
ought not to keep him out longer than
is necessary to properly convict him
of the criminal conduct he pleads in
his own behalf.
If some fellow asks you for money
for a meal, be sure to give him your
card along with the quarter. Remember-that
New York man who nine
years ago bought a meal for a beggar,
and who has just received from the
beggar a $1,000 bill.
It Is estimated that the people in
this country spend $2000,000 a year
keeping their shoes polished. Just for
the sake of comment,' think of the
number of shines of another kind that
would buy!
A church fair is to be held by soci
ety women on Long Island which is to
he fc-rictly honest, change to be given
ia all cases and 100 cents worth, of
goods is to cost the purchaser no more
than a dollar. This is almost enough
ia its financial radicalism to bring on
another panic.
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Prominent Southern Woman
Tells How Woman's Club Ren
dered Practical Assistance to a
Community Deplorable Condi
tions in Public Schools Where
Children Attend Only Three
Months a Year Interest Stimu
lated by Model County Schools
College Graduates 'Teach Chil
dren Domestic Sciences. Carpen
try and Gardening.
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Mrs. Fenton Ottley. one of the lead
ing women in public reform movements
in the south. Is a charter member of the
Atlanta Woman's club, and has been its
president. She has served also as secre
tary of the General Federation of Wom
an's Clubs for the state of Georgia, as
first chairman of the. state industrial com
mission, which did .much work for the
reform of child labor abuses, as chairman
of the state commission on arts and
crafts, and as one of Georgia's commit
tee of three to consider the color line
question. Mrs. Ottiey is a Mississippian
by .birth and rearing, but has resided in
Atlanta since her marriage, her husband
being a banker of that city.)
The possibilities of Georgia pine
are being exploited from one end of
the country to the other, but what
thought is being given to the possibil
ities of the Georgia boy?" So wrote
President Branson, of the state nor
mal school at Athens, Ga., a few
years ago. The educational renais
sance now beginning in the south is
based upon recognition of that great
.est of "waste products," undeveloped
human life, of which so much exists
in the states south of Mason and
Dixon's line.
Since most of the people live In
the country the average population
of Georgia, for instance, being 35 to
the square mile, with 1,500,000 per
sons living in one-room cabins it is
easy to see that the country school
must be the evangel. to the people.
In its Improvement lies the solution
of the problem of general social bet
terment. The tremendous and sys
tematic crusade now being organized
throughout the southern states by the
southern educational board purposes
working almost entirely through this
agency, devoting itself to the perfec
tion of the rural school and such nor
mal institutions as furnish teachers
for it This field of endeavor Is cer
tainly wide.
Out of 700,000 children of school
age in Georgia barely 280,900 go to
school 100 days in the year. Eight
months schools are the exception, the
rule being five months, while many
communities do not have school long
er than three months each year. In
these schools, when existent, the
poorest and most meager instruction'
is too often given, owing to the poor
pay of teachers.
All this seems in a fair way to be
revolutionized by the efforts of the
southern people, spurred on and en
couraged by the southern educational
board. In view of this great move
ment in the country schools it is in
teresting to note that the forerunner
of the model country school, as
planned by educational enthusiasts,
was initiated and carried on success
fully by the clubwomen of the state
of Georgia a few years ago. By their
efforts and under their charge two
model country schools were main
tained five months the first year in
rural districts. On visiting them a
committee of the southern education
al board declared them "ideal." These
schools, begun as an experiment and
an object lesson, have been carried
on since then with pronounced sue-,
cess.
Their history is interesting, particu
larly for the striking example it af
fords of what may be the outcome of
an active and whole-hearted coopera
tion between the representative wom
en who make ap the clubs of the va
rious states and the educators ana
educational experts of their sections.
President Branson, of the Georgia
state normal school, had addressed to
Mrs. Lindsay Johnson, then president
ot the State Federation of Woman's
Clubs,- a letter in which he asked if
that assocuttoa would-undertake to
raise $1,000 ,fbr the nuuateaaace lor
five months of a model coaaty.achool
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which should furnish an object les
son of what a county school should
and might be. The Federation of
Women's Clubs, a body of 6,000 rep
resentative women, having been long
devoted to efforts for educational bet
terment, and, as Mr. Branson knew,
particularly interested in the problem
of the rural school, at once accepted
the suggestion and pledged the requi
site sum.
The school was to be a part of the
county system, its location to be de
cided by competition among the
county superintendents of the state,
the school to be awarded to the high
est bidder and the federation pledging
Itself to supply the difference be
tween this highest bid and the neces
sary $1,000. .All the money was to
be placed in the bands of the Geor
gia federation, and the school was
to be inaugurated by the federation,
and remain under its control. Mr.
Branson, on his part, pledged to un
dertake the technical -direction of the
school.
So much interest was aroused, and
the bids of the counties ran so high,
that it was found possible to supple
ment the efforts of two communities,
instead of one, with the sum raised
by the federation. 'Hence, while
Oanielsville, Madison county, with a
bid of $700, secured the first school,
Watters district, Floyd county, was
able, with $650, to secure a second.
The tragedy of the situation lay in
two splendid bids, of $500 from Bar
tow county and $450 from Rabun
county, the latter -the most mountain
ous county in Georgia. To those who
understand the meaning of these
guarantees from such sections there
is infinite pathos in the thought of
such sums as these having been gath
ered for such a cause and in vain!
One thousand dollars more would
have done noble service. v
The two sections securing the
schools furnished contrasting but ex
cellent fields for ,the social experi
ment Danielsville, the county seat
of Madison county, is a typical village
of the best character. Its people are,
many of them, educated and refined,
but the county is essentially rural,
since only one edge of it is crossed by
a railroad, Danielsville itself being
six miles distant from it About 500
people center at Danielsville. The best
of them threw themselves heart and
soul into the effort not only to secure
the first model school, but to guaran
tee its perpetuation. The president
of the county board of education, a
well-known lawyer, besides his other
efforts, threw his home open to the
teachers, who were thus assured the
comforts of daily life.
Watters district Floyd county, is a
"crossing" of the Southern railroad,
just out of the little city of Rome.
Its people are rougher than the coun
try folk, and the life led there by the
three young teachers was hard enough
to furnish missionary conditions.
, Both schools thrived surprisingly.
The people,' who looked upon it at
first as a sort of vagary of their su
perintendent and the 'clubwomen,
soon became deeply interested in the
plan. The school at Danielsville,
opening with 86 pupils, very soon had
125, a great' number of children com
ing In from the county to board. At
Watters about 80 remained in at
tendance. At both places a kitchen and work
shop were 'added to the schoolhouse.
which belonged to the county, and
about $200 was spent in permanent
improvements. The success of the ex
periment may be gathered from 'the
fact that the five-month schools, main
tained as an experiment, were re
placed by eight months sessions in
both counties the succeeding year.
The plan is that each school shall
become a blooming garden, the gen
eral headquarters of ,the people, of J
the neighborhood, where library and
reading rooms shall help to ren
der it attractive and necessary to
patrons, as well as to pupils.
It is safe to say that these two
model schools in purpose, plan and
detail will be the model indeed for
thousands of others which the new
educational movement in the south
will produce. That, they have been
successfully initiated, maintained and
administered by women furnishes a
fair answer to that already rapidly
vanishing question: "What can
women's clubs do?
Some men get credit for being mod
est, when they do , not talk about
themselves only, because they- -fef
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drea are to throw a pretty laflated ball
pi 'red .rasher. Whea the ball goes
through the circle that child, eaters
the dlniag room.
.At a long kindergarten table the
small gaests are to he seated on small
, chair, "A mialature Santa Clans with
a paca oa nis back ana a cane in nis
hand will be In the center of the table,
while around there will be a number
of artificial trees ia toy-sized jardin
ieres. At either end of the table there
Is. to be a wreath of holly, enclosing
another tree. Red candles will blaze
from the mantel, plate rail andtahJeT
Alphabet crackers' will spell out tie
name of each child at the place where
he or she Is to sit Snapping ca$e and
confetti will-be. the souvenirs as well
as a dear little Buster Brown cup that
Is to hold the cocoa. Sandwiches of
entire wheat bread, with pure ice
cream on which there is to be a red
cherry,' and an angel food birthday
cake are the refreshments to be
served these little people. By the way,
at children's parties it is quite the
thing to serve the ice cream inrama
Uns. -
Wires are to be stretched across the
celling in all directions, from which
will hang red Japanese lanterns and
red Christmas bells. From out of
Santa Claus' pack will come tiny dolls,
stars and bells, while1 from the mantel
piece there wilhang a tarletoa stock,
ing filled with (opcorn for each child
to take home. r
A Crystal Weddlna.
The request from a reader for a
crystal wedding has been received.
This is the fifteenth wedding anni
versary which has been-reached. If it
is possible, to have the invitations de
livered by a messenger they may be
on glass plates with the lettering one
in ink; but of, course, engraved invita
tions should be used for a formal, or
large "affair. Dolhe plates up in
white paper, tie with, white ribbon and
seal with wax. The dining room table
may be made 'a thing of beauty by
spreading a white net cloth over white
satin, powdering all with either white
rosebuds, white carnations or white
chrysanthemums, with a tracery of
delicate vines and ferns, then sprinkle
all with diamond dust.
The glass icicles of all lengths that
should be procurable now owing to the
proximity of Christmas (they are used
for tree ornaments) would be charm
ing hung from the chandelier and gas
jets. They sparkle beautifully and
show all the prismatic colors. Use
white candles in glass holders and
serve a white supper. The menu
might include cream of celery soup,
white fish turbot broiled chicken
breasts, potato balls, Brussels sprouts,
white grape, apple and nut salad on
white lettuce hearts, and a dessert
' which is new and very good. Make it
by cutting marshmallows, blanched al
monds and candied ginger, cherries
and citron into small bits. Mix all
with whipped cream, serve very cold
in tall glasses with small white iced
cakes. The hostess should be gowned
in white with cut crystal tiimming.
After supper there might be'a pro
gram .of wedding music. Including the
"Lohengrin" march, Mendelssohn and
Jensen's wedding music; also the
Swedish march used for bridal proces
sions. A pretty conceit is a large
wedding bell made of cotton covered
with diamond dust and a fringe of
icicles under which the couple stand
to receive congratulations.
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Bridge 'Bag
Design for Bridge Bag. Bridge Bag.
Here is a dainty little bag intended for holding money, handkerchief,
gloves, or any small article. It is in white satin, embroidered with silver se
quins and beads, and is lined with very pale shell-pink satin. Small silver
rings are sewn on the outside about 1& inch below the edge, and white sa'Sa
ribbon is threaded through them. The bag measures 5 inches wide and 7
inches-deep. The ribbon should be one inch wide. Satin of good quality should
be used as it will keep clean lenger than a cheap make, and when soiled can
ho cleaned to look like'new.
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Table Linens Shown
in Endless Variety
New table linens, both in damask and
the more fancy furnishings, show a
greater variety -of novel features and
designs than has been apparent for
many seasons past. ,
:The latest damask tablecloths no
longer display a scattered design out
lined by a heavy border, but have cir
cular patterns that are a distinct de
parture from anything used before.
Each cloth has a perfectly plain cen
ter about 27" inches in diameter. This
is outlined by a handsome border;
then comes a plain space about half
the width of the border, and then a
second border the same width as the
first, the square corners being filled
in with the plain. The effect is really
much handsomer than may be imag
ined from the description. Some of
the plain parts are just as smooth as
satin; others are 'scattered with dots
ranging in site from pin dots to those
as large as a? pea. i ne uesigns memae
the rose and the polyanthus conven-
tioaalixed. Tfatural lilies, ferns and
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having skirt aad coat of different arte
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Mat apteadldly tailored hatvrery
swaggerlag Loaia XHI coat ia old
doth, wHh a loose, short waisted
fal basques, huge pocket laps,
ling pattes aad big embroidered oHves,
the whole heavily soutached hi rose,
is wora with a tight tralliag. skirt of
ahaadaoic eighteenth ceatary bro
caded silk la greens, rose -aad ivory,
a deep border-of rose broadcloth hem-,
ming It Its wag waistcoat Is of ivory
panne, and of rare ivory lace is7 the
jabot at wrist aad 'throat
. Cloth which' has stripes of satin or
velvet wovea iato the fabric, with
spacings as wide .as' the stripe, aad la
self colors, makes most elegant coats
with skirts in either plain cloth, vel
vet or liberty satla, -iccordiag to the
nature of the stripe. One of these la
prune has a fitted redingote skirt of
the striped material, thai drags oa the
ground and reveals no dress skirt be
neath it, fastenings ia the form of
cords and velvet buttons trimming it
straight down the left' side of the front
and the right side of the back. These
fastenings continue to the bust and
shoulder blades, but here the redin
gote stops, a simple drapery of the
striped material forming a part sleeve.
part bretelle effect over a bodice aad
long sleeves of plain prune cloth, fine
ly soutached. The wide over-sleeve is
bordered with prune colored caracule,
of which there is also a rolling Na
poleonic collar to the cloth bodice,
which In front reveals a lace jabot aad
a bit of an embroidered waistcoat.
This Is typical of the redingote
gowns which are a feature of the
season, -and petticoatless and wrap
less, save for furs, give the extreme
straight slim effect to the figure that
fashion insists upon. A heavy silk
woven combination garment placed
over the other dessous and reaching
from shoulders to knee, will give some
warmth, and, of course, endless are
the varieties of loose cloaks with big
draped sleeves or' loopings for the
arms, which are designed for day
time wear, when one employs a car
riage, bien entendu!
ORNAMENTAL APRON
A pretty apron made of India lawn
and trimmed in colored embroidery.
The center gore is fitted and cut in
one piece.
lilies of the valley wander in effective
patterns over some cloths.
For trimming fancy expensive linens
Slavlan lace, or mosaic work, as it is
called, is used, and a German lace of
the Arabe shade decorates pieces in a
cheaper quality. Drawn work never
goes out of fashion, and much of this
fancy stitching is combined with lace
in trimming cloths and doilies.
Keeping Back Stray Locks.
The little wisps or hair which cause
so much annoyance on windy days can
be kept in place with invisible hair
pins. But few women know how to
keep In the pins. Push the locks in
place, slip in the pin, then turn back
oae point of the pin until the end
touches the top. They are easily taken
out, but will keep firmly in even the
roughest wind.
Necklaces in Wrought Gold.
t Necklaces of odd form in wrought
gold or silver set with jade, amethyst,
topaz, and coral are decidely faddish;
for general wear, while for more
formal use dog collars of close set
stones, and fine gold chains that hold
artistic looking pendants are favoritaa.
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Ine hanwwed mm ef pressta debt
Aad yet. I knew wHhto Ms keart
Tbsrs 4pUsAll8Slat and regret!
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Its turrets pierce tke axare sky.
While ntoe takatt nedest cet
Quite lest to view ef passerby
And yet within my home there dwells
A spirit that be cannot buy:
.The breath or true, unselfish love.
Devotion that shall never die!
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Upea the hill no cherubs play
To glad tke measured pulse of day.
No chubby legs' dash down the path
Te greet their daddy's homeward way!
At night when stars are glinting out
And all the world has gone to bed.
There lies asleep on Roland's breast
No bud of life with tousled head!
Blake cannot laugh the old. free laugh
That takes him backward vto the boy;
His heart is cold from shutting out
The tenderness of love and Joy!
Despising what he has at hand.
For weeks each year does Roland roam
In vain pursuit of what I And
Within the glory ot my home!
Ah. Roland Blake, how poor he is!
How steeped in penury and need!
God pity him! His heart is cold.
And piling gold is all his creed!
Ah. poverty of heart how cursed!
How desolate and sad is he
But I. within my humble cot.
How rich I be! How rich I be!
Rag Time.
A Tennessee undertaker thinks to
catch the public fancy by advertising
cemeat coflas. Cemeat nothing!
What the most of aa are looking for is
a casket made of asbestos.
Aa Oklahoma newspaper tells of two
tramps, oae ofwhom stuck his head
through a window of the station at Ra
mon aad said, ia a husky voice, to
the operator: "Say, partner, report a
couple of empties going north."
A wandering ventriloquist created a
panic at a funeral in Colorado the oth
er day. He appeared at the grave and
in a sepulchral voice, supposedly that
of the deceased, cried out as the coffin
was being lowered: "Let me down
easy.' The pallbearers were so fright
ened they dropped the casket and ran.
From a Texas newspaper I call this
exquisite bit of obituary "poetry."
there being, in all, tweaty-one stanzas
equally as goof:
The sweet strains or that sngeHc band
Welcomed Charley and IOBard home.;
They now have harps, parents. t
To welcome you. when you come.
Those little feet with a pit-a-pat
Will only be heard in heaven.
Those little tongues with a chat. chat.
chat
Will sing with the angels forever. ?
' The Hack Man
or
The Escape.
A little friend of mine who is in
clined toward the literary life and
who has a lively imagination, recently,
wrote the following story
"There was once a hunter that was
on a trip up west. As he passed, a
cave a black man came out.
" " 'Good evening,' said the hunter as
he droped his gun. The black man ran
into the cave and returned with, a lion,'
'the linn snrancr at tho biantor .4n Tn i
, - r, w-m -t
doged it and picked up his gun; firedV
JHSt then the tribe came up, the'
hunter fired again and a pack of lions
came and surrounded him. Now he
was helpless he had no bullets left
When he saw some bed springs h
put them on the ground and jumped
on them as He did so he lauded on a
branch of a high tree which the sav
ages could not climb, so the saveges
fell asleep. Then the hunter climbed
down and ran back to his train where
he got home in safety."
That boy is bound to be a novelist
His father says that in the original
'draught of the tale, the boy had the
hunter take the bedsprings out of his
pocket and jump upon them to safety, j
When his mother smiled, he modified
the statement to suit the convention
alities. Miilinery.
The Brighton (111.) News man evi
dently has' to do with the purchasing
of hats. At any rate he says of the
prevailing style:
The latest agonies in feminine headgear
are frights. To build a fall hat. the milli
ner takes a wash-basin no: it's a tub
inverts the vessel, throws on forty-eight
yards of bronze velvet, enougli feathers
to' stuff five bed ticks, and four bolts of
pink satteen. She then places the crea
tion on the bed-post, procures a broom,
and beats the hat until it presents that
droopy appearance so familiar to the
man on the morning after a night out.
Snake Story.
According to the Tribune at De
Kalb. Mo., the snakes around Rush
ville are getting nervous for some
thing tp do since the saloons closed.
The Tribune says:
"One man there declares that when lie
went home the other evening he found
a large blacksnake getting milk from
the mother while it was keeping' the baby
quiet by having its tait in the baby's
mouth."
Couldn't Stump Him.
Quite a number ot Chariton county
residents died last neck, but the editor
was equal to the emergency. One
breathed his last, another answered Hit
final summons, the third crossed th
dark river, the fourth was no more, the
fifth was called to his eternal home as a
result of becoming overheated, the sixth
yielded tip the ghost, the seventh nan
numbered with -the dead, the eighth had
gone to the great beyond, the ninth suc
cumbed to the grim reaper, the earthly
career of the tenth came to an end. and
the spirit of the eleventh vias wafted to
Ids Maker. Chariton (Mo.) Courier.
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tjluuuu4
Shell Polishing.
Shell polishing is an. extensive and
profitable business on the coast of
Southern California, where are found
many shells which are capable of a
high degree of polish, and show, won
derful iridescent shades after their
rough outside covering has been
rubbed off.
Conviction.
Tou could never make a girl think
her parents HO aa mucn lor ner as mtr ,
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York Press.
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a an) heat. Next
a suateteaV seeatlry of hoiUacswater
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Far
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Whoever wflt
iaaay MaeoT
life anratsavesda awa tiate aad da hk
owa thinking. Ha awa spend neither
tiate nor aMssey which he has not
earneiDavid Shirr Jordan:
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ffVlByBaaBBjv- Vaw aawvewlBH wlwdalBPaN
Way aataal charcoal removes' the
coJer from -eclpssd' Bqaids. while wood"
charcoal has'aa effect, has net been
understood. A Bnroncaa cheatist now
fade that the actiea of the former hv
due to the presence ef five to Severn
per cent ef nitrogen.
On the Make.
Some men who beHeve ia making
the most of their opportunities un
fortunately regard every other maa as
an opportunity. Philadelphia Record.
Extremes hi raail.
Brazil has no middle class. There
are, but two clos esrehtvham ahmlu
are but two classes there the rich,
and the poor.
Mistakes Seme Women Make.
She is a foolish woman who th'nks
she can make a frost by putting-everything
on her back. Exchange.
Evle That Rapidly Multiply.
Indiscretion, malice, rashness an?
falsehood produce each other.
L'EncIos.
No man can he brave who thinks?
pain the greatest evil; nor temperate
who considers pleasure the highest
good. Cicero.
Too many dollars ia a man's pocket
have been kaown to crowd the sense
from under his hat
Qmalia Directory
A Desirable Thing
about the Twentieth
Century Policj' of the
Bankers Reserve Life Ccv
of Omaha. Nebraska, is the
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DIVIDEND
Agents can increase their income selling it
Write to B. H. Robison. President
took for this brand on Ilarac., Cof.
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Whip. Ktc Ask your dealer to showr
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Ship to ALEX 6. BUCHANAN & SON
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So. Omaha. Neb. 32 Years ta the Busiaess.
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We cmrry a complete line of to!pbone and tele
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WE WANT CREAM
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If we have no agents in your town,
ship direct or write ns. We aho buy
BUTTER AND EGGS
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Write for our price llt and Information on cleaning
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town buinrrwplTeprnmptand careful attention.
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GHICUO PtCTME ft FRMIE COL
Xaaafactnrera aad WboUaaler of Pictures
Frames. rortraHs,ArtWsarMas,awl Class
Agents wanted oerjwbewe. SJ S. 13& St, WH, aft
Do You Drink Coffee
Why pat the cheap, nak. bitter !Uod toffee la
yonretnmara abea para WRMAN-AMERICaM
COFFEE coeta no more! laatstoaaaitaslt. Yoar
grocer aslto It or eaa set IC
dJEadfc BiKhest market price
PUHaS paid. Sead for prices
weww and shipping tain.
We make a specialty of FINE COATS AND
SCARFS FOK LADIES. AULABAUeaH.
ISOB Douglaa at., Omaha.
Grain. Stocks and Bonds
OyAHACOwiluvC-VfcX.V.UreB:dir..Oaian3.
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Onio: fa wire scrrlce. We ftobelt your basines
by mail or wire.
ABanVC "The 99 Cent Store''
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BARGAIN IN NEBRASKA LAND
640 acre ta Cbeyeane County, Wevtem eoruka
Nearly eWaeress-aootb leTel plow land mo"tly In val
Icy. good rich oll. will (crow f plciidld -rop-. and make
floe Brain and Bteck tana. Krice only tuo an acre.
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tub aajcuu. riituua
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vara in Omaha. h Room 4. Bushman Blix-L. X. K.
corner Utb and Honiriaaftta. Good net tetu.MiO: fold
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